Lyrics:

I remember down in Galveston
When storm winds swept the town
The high tide from the ocean, Lord
Put water all around

Wasn't that a mighty day? (A mighty day)
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town

The winds began to blowin'
The rains began to fall
The lightnin' shafts were cracklin', Lord
And thunder started to roll

Wasn't that a mighty day? (A mighty day)
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town

The trumpets warned the people
'You'd better leave this place'
But they never meant to leave their homes
'Til death was in their face

The seas began to rollin'
The ships they could not land
I heard a captain cryin', 'God
Please save a drowin' man'

Wasn't that a mighty day?
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town

The trains, they all were loaded
With people leavin' town
The tracks gave way to the ocean, Lord
And the trains they went on down

The waters like some river
They came a-rushin' to and fro
I saw my father drowin', God
And I watched my mother go

Wasn't that a mighty day? (A mighty day)
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town

Now, Death, your hands are icy
You've got them on my knee
You took away my mother
Now, you're comin' after me

Wasn't that a mighty day? (A mighty day)
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town

A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day (A mighty day)
A mighty day, great God, that mornin'
When the storm winds swept the town